A Sunday morning police raid on a series of suspected drug dealers that may have killed a young high school girl nets three more teenagers, and one near adult. The adult is knifed in jail, the two teens are acquitted, but the third has confessed. Everyone buys it - except Blake. Del Velle pursues the knifed adult, and bends the ethics of the profession in the process. Blake meets the parents of the girl who has confessed, and she senses something is very wrong. The father of the dead girl, a wounded Viet Nam war vet, has lost his only bright point in a diminished life, and demands justice from anyone who will listen. Blake is worried there is a rush to judgment by the DA. But the trial date is approaching quickly. While Blake might find the truth, time is running out. The wife of the dead girl's father also tells Blake that her husband is losing control, and she is very worried about what he might do. On the personal front, Blake tosses Stevie (who'd left her months before without so much as a note) out of her life. Andy disengages from his long time girlfriend.
—Anonymous